Senior Account & Business Development Manager – Life Sciences

RSSL; Reading; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related bonus scheme

Contributory pension

Life assurance

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible benefits programme

Job summary

A leading scientific consultancy in the UK seeks a Manager for Account Management and Business Development. Responsibilities include achieving sales targets, ensuring customer-centric service offerings, and managing client relationships. The ideal candidate will have a degree in the pharmaceutical industry, strong analytical and communication skills, and experience in sales management. Attractive benefits package includes a performance-related bonus, contributory pension, and flexible benefits program.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree or professional qualification standard within the pharmaceutical industry with GMP understanding.
• Intermediate level for MS Office.
• Hands-on experience with CRM and laboratory reporting tools.
• Proven communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong analytical skills to create reports and conduct performance analyses supporting delivery of SLAs.
• Project and people management experience.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Commercial experience in a senior BD/Account Management role.
• Sales Team and Project Management experience.

Responsibilities

• Achieve annual Life Science sales targets through client upsell.
• Ensure service offerings and commercial connections are customer-centric.
• Analyse, plan, and implement engagement with target markets.
• Manage major proposals and connect with technical experts.
• Conduct horizon scanning for identifying new service offerings.

Skills

Sales Management

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Project Management

Negotiation skills

Education

Degree or professional qualification within the pharmaceutical industry

Tools

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

CRM tools

Job description

A leading scientific consultancy in the UK seeks a Manager for Account Management and Business Development. Responsibilities include achieving sales targets, ensuring customer-centric service offerings, and managing client relationships. The ideal candidate will have a degree in the pharmaceutical industry, strong analytical and communication skills, and experience in sales management. Attractive benefits package includes a performance-related bonus, contributory pension, and flexible benefits program.